29 Nov 12 Sogesta - Economist Computing with soup

DNA - Computing with soup Computihttp://www.economist.com/node/21548488ng

advent

propagate

soup

giant

base pair

Velcro

bind

strand

rung

network

linked

route

test tube

task

a far cry

prompted

pattern

disease

signature

pioneer

Free-floating

Sticky

tab

detach

culminate

threshold

weight

match

loop

trigger

Tic-tac-toe

destroy

piggyback

classifier

tricked

hijack

pathway

model

debug

behaviour

workbench

How many bases in a gene?

Can the Qian circuit fit in all cells?

What underlies the natural circuit controlling gene activity?

What was the solution to the travelling salesman problem?

What are the advantages of DNA computing?

What are the disadvantages ?

Sogesta 22 Nov - Economist – Nutrition and Poverty

http://www.economist.com/node/21547771

misleading

favela

charity

filling

campaign

shift in approach

pay attention

how-to

stand for

nail colours to the mast

galvanising

underlying

stress

iron

damning record

crops

harvest

undermine

biblical proportions

taught

spike

held flat

sink in

bloated

wasted limbs

lethargy

ravages

veiled

impairments

stunted

struggle

peers

spouse

squirrel away

clinically obese

sedentary

puzzling

fourfold

stunningly good

cheap

next to nothing

lifelong

tackle

the norm

fancy wedding

stealth

staple crop

cassava, beans, millet

intractable

sheer complexity

household

sucklng child

backfire

tick off a list

push all the buttons

smalholder

gobbledegook

cajole

broad-based

Why is the hunger "hidden"

How many people in the world are malnourished

What causes obesity in poor countries

What are the main deficiencies with malnutrition

What are the simple solutions

Urbino - Sogesta 15/11/12

Time – Food that lasts forever

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2108051,00.html

Vocabulary-----------------------

marshmallow

corn syrup

amber

pool

shelf life

chewy

barring

sticky wad

life span

pudding

springy

concocted

throw out

Vacuum-seal

Spam

imperishable

Palate-wise

standard bearer

edible

longevity

Directorate

rations

moisture

mold/mould

salting

seeping

tucking

wrapping

sealed

chamber

handle

oysters

crispness

canning

boundaries

coins

cobbler

texture

extrapolating

rot and decay

Which food do many people think lasts forever ? (its an urban myth!)

Who is a major patron of research into food preservation ?

What needs to be controlled to preserve food ?

How do ancient preservation techniques work ?

5 advantages of food preservation ? An advantage of HPP ? Why does meat have a longer shelf-life ?

Urbino - 8 Nov

Introduction, registration and test.
For beginners you need to improve your English or you will not pass the exam, I recommend

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
especially this series starting with
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode01/index.shtml

also
the Mister Duncan series starting with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJCdihPWqc&feature=relmfu

Bring dictionaries or web access to class on Nov 15th.

Scientific English at Uni Urbino

I will post the articles we do in class on this blog, together with the vocabulary.
The exam will be in 2 parts.
1/ Vocabulary - no dictionaries or other assistance allowed - 20 marks
2/ Comprehension - on an article similar to the ones we do in class, dictionaries, Google Translate allowed - no communication in any form with anyone other than the invigilator - 10 marks.

People who come to class will learn more about how to learn English, will have a better chance of passing the exam...... and will have more fun!